Taseko’s Q1 earnings fall short
Taseko Mines (TKO-T, TGB-X) saw higher first-quarter profits compared to last year, but still fell below expectations.
Copper
Two workers killed at Vale’s Stobie mine have been identified
The two workers killed late Wednesday night from falling debris at Vale’s (VALE-N) Stobie underground mine in Sudbury, Ontario, have been identified as Jason Chenier, 35, and Jordan Fram, 26.
Peruvian mining stocks plunge after leftist Humala wins elections
Peruvian-focused mining stocks nose dived Monday after left-wing populist candidate Ollanta Humala appeared to have narrowly won Peru’s presidential electoral run-off held on Sunday, June 5. With 88% of the ballots counted, Humala had 51.3% of…
Cayden advances three North American projects
The team behind Ghana-focused Keegan Resources (KGN-T. KGN-X) has set its sights on advancing several North American prospects through relatively new entrant Cayden Resources (CYD-V).
Pan Terra heads to southern Africa in search of gold, copper
From the ashes of a high-flying hydrogen fuel cell promotion and later a construction-site preparation and excavation business, Pan Terra Industries (PNT-V) has re-emerged as a mineral explorer.
Quadra attracts Sumitomo to Sierra Gorda
Quadra FNX Mining (QUX-T) is hooking up with Sumitomo to develop the sizable Sierra Gorda copper-molybdenum project in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile.
Orvana gets its gold-copper mine rolling in Spain
Orvana Minerals (orv-t) got its northern Spanish El Valle-Boinas/Carles gold-copper mine and plant off the ground on May 31, and expects first shipment in June.
Inmet Mining’s Balboa zone excites the market
A high-grade intercept of 124 metres of 2.32% copper and 2.28 grams gold per tonne in the Balboa zone at Inmet Mining’s (IMN-T) Cobre Panama project is making Balboa a “contender” UBS Investment Research associate analyst Matt Murphy wrote…
Augusta Resource makes headway at Rosemont Copper project
The preliminary draft Environment Impact Statement on Augusta Resource’s (AZC-T, AZC-X) Rosemont Copper project near Tucson in Arizona has been delivered by the Coronado National Forest to the State of Arizona and local cooperating agencies,…
Capstone adds copper resources at Minto (May 30, 2011)
Capstone Mining (cs-t) bulked up measured and indicated resources by 219 million lbs. at its wholly owned Minto copper-gold mine in the Yukon. The miner also combined two deposits at the project, which were once thought to be separate, into…
Global mining giants eye Quesnel Trough
British Columbia’s Quesnel Trough could see heightened exploration this year now that several international majors have taken an interest.
Quaterra picks up past producer in Nevada
The 1970s were not kind to the Anaconda Copper Company. Its properties were expropriated in Chile and the company was eventually taken over by Arco, an oil and gas company that wasn’t interested in the copper producer’s mineral assets, which…